63قالَ أَرَأَيتَ إِذ أَوَينا إِلَى الصَّخرَةِ فَإِنّي نَسيتُ الحوتَ وَما أَنسانيهُ إِلَّا الشَّيطانُ أَن أَذكُرَهُ ۚ وَاتَّخَذَ سَبيلَهُ فِي البَحرِ عَجَبًاMuhammad AsadSaid [the servant]: "Wouldst thou believe it?1 When we betook ourselves to that rock for a rest, behold, I forgot about the fish - and none but Satan made me thus forget it!2 - and it took its way into the sea! How strange!"Lit., "Didst thou see?" Although formulated as a question, this idiomatic phrase often expresses - as does its modern equivalent, "Would you believe it?" - no more than a sudden remembrance of, or surprise at, an unusual or absurd happening.Lit., "made me forget it lest I remember it".